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On Wed, 12 Sep 2001, David Charlap wrote: > > Roeland Meyer wrote: > > > > I'm impressed. From all of the reports, the appearance is that > > they've managed to empty most of the building in less than 10 > > minutes. > > According to: > http://www.foxnews.com/images/36149/1_22_wtc_layout.jpg > > There was 18 minutes between the first crash and the second. People in > the second tower who began evacuation as soon as they saw the first > crash had enough time to get out (or at least below the level of the > fire from the second crash), if they moved quickly. Actually, when the first plane hit 1WTC (south), within 3 minutes there was a PA announcement over the loudspeakers of 2WTC (north). The statement was, more or less, 'there was an incident in 1WTC, and everything is fine at 2WTC; you may return to your offices'. How do I know this? I heard it over the phone when I called someone in 2WTC after the 1WTC incident. The good news is that most people ignored the PANYNJ and evacuated the building anyway.
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